Posted on 12/28/2020 11:25:58 AM PST by SJackson
I grew up in a high desert climate. There were two species that competed with each other: jack rabbits and coyotes. Whenever one or the other got out of balance, it eventually affected the other species. Lots of rabbits meant lots of coyotes the next year which would thin the rabbits and the coyotes would starve, fewer coyotes, more rabbits, and the cycle would begin again.
“probably linked to the climate crisis”
When I was asleep last night my feet got cold....maybe there is really something to the climate crisis.
Early freeze kills birds, opportunity to push Climate Hysteria!
One year the Robins showed up early due to warm weather. Then a cold wave and snow hit. No more Robins that year, and not big numbers the next year. But by year 3, the Robins were back in force. Seen similar things with the hummingbirds too.
The end of the article where the scientist talks doesn’t really agree with the opening sentences. How con-VEEN-ient.
I’m in southern Arizona, where we’ve had overnight lows in the 20s for three or four weeks now. This is unusual. I see to it that my local birds are well-fed and -watered including the local cactus wrens and roadrunners.
Quite a few Gambel’s quail west of Tucson, which I attribute to a fairly wet winter in 2019-2020. This year is drier so far, and I’ll bet there will be fewer quail next season unless we get plenty of rain in the next few months.
Nothing at all to do with “climate change”. It’s the weather.
Yes, and interesting the “climate change” threat, a permanent phenomenon, is cooling rather than warming. Oh well. I’ve read a probable cause rests with the wildfires, which causes much larger than usual plumes of smoke. This may have triggered an earlier than usual migration, most of the dead are migratory, at a time that cold conditions may have meant a low food supply.
Shoot, I was looking for them to blame it on the wall...
Last year we pulled into a McDonalds to walk the dogs . There were hundreds of dead birds in all the parking lots of the business in the area . Turns out there is a tree that gets berries and they ferment. The birds love them , but they get alcohol poisoning. We’re in Texas.
...Global warming... I Mean Climate Change to blame.
Raise taxes and give more power to the government.
“We’re in Texas.”
Thank you for adding that to your post. Why freepers post about stuff that happens to them but NEVER add where it happened.
Keep it up from Hobe Sound, FL.
Antifa fires
"It's getting cold, customers are asking for birdseed for their feeders. Get the old stuff out, don't pay any attention to that mold there".
I know the feeling. I don't hire any more, but the last few years of pre-screening candidates to determine whether PhDs had any technical knowledge was not inspiring.
Dead birds- fact.
"made worse by unseasonably cold weather probably linked to the climate crisis" - Pure conjecture and speculation.
Remind me to refill my bird feeders tomorrow morning.
How does a freak storm of 2 days cause ‘long term starvation’? Both of these birds primarily eat insects, usually while airborne, and both are forest birds. So they would have starved from lack of insects. Is there a shortage of flies?
Were these birds migrating up from the south, or headed south?
Here in Buckeye, AZ, we had NO monsoon season this year. Without the thunderstorms, desert shrubs and cactus didn’t bloom, and we had a noticeable (pleasurable) absence of bugs. That means no food or shelter for indigenous or migrating birds.
We’ve had seven straight years of almost double our expected annual rainfall. Statistically, we need another six years of drought to catch up.
Unfortunately for the weak-minded author of this drivel, it has absolutely nothing to do with “climate change” or “global warming” or “man-made-blah-blah-blah” it is simply the same cyclical weather conditions we’ve had for a million years.
“Mass die-off of birds in south-western US ‘caused by starvation’ “
I thought they were gonna tie it into reduced illegal immigration.
I’m guessing the birds were poisoned...
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